The Bioinformatics for Diagnostics Working Group connects patient-facing hospital infrastructure at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) with in-house molecular processing and sequencing through the Georgia Genomics and Bioinformatics Core (GGBC) and DNA/RNA analysis expertise from the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB). As shown in the figure, diagnostic development requires a complete chain: patients, samples, molecular testing, computational analysis, and clinically interpretable data.
We are starting in veterinary medicine because it provides an immediate path to clinical impact through naturally occurring disease and patient care at CVM. The long-term goal is to build toward CLIA-certified diagnostics for human medicine, coordinated through the School of Medicine (SOM) and hospital partners including Emory and the Georgia Cancer Center. This will require validated assays, documented sample tracking, quality control, personnel standards, proficiency testing, and reproducible analysis pipelines that can support regulated clinical diagnostics
Current Members
- Eugene Douglass
- Casey Bergman
- Walt Lorenz
- Jonathan Mochel
- Karin Allenspach
- Christopher Zdyrski
- Aleksandra Pawlak
- Janet Grimes
- Cameron Thomas
Software Tools
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Key Performance Indicators: specific items list
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- Research and Publications
- Number of Published Papers
- Impact Factor of Journals
- Citations
- Conference Presentations
- Collaboration and Engagement
- Interdisciplinary Projects
- External Collaborations
- Collaborative Publications
- Workshops and Seminars
- Funding and Grants
- Research Grants Received
- Grant Applications Submitted
- Grant Success Rate
- Data and Tools
- Datasets Published
- Software Tools Developed
- Tool Adoption
- Training and Development
- Students Supervised
- Training Programs
- Skill Development
- Impact and Outreach
- Societal Impact
- Media Mentions
- Public Engagement
- Operational Efficiency
- Project Completion Rate
- Data Management Practices
- Resource Utilization
- Innovation and Excellence
- Awards and Recognitions
- Innovative Solutions
- Feedback and Improvement
- Stakeholder Feedback
- Continuous Improvement
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